Sebaea is a genus of annual plants in the family Gentianaceae.[1] Species occur in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.[1][2] The genus was paraphyletic and has been split in four genera: Exochaenium, Klackenbergia, Lagenias and Sebaea s.str..[1][3][4] Synapomorphies for Sebaea s.str. include the presence of extra stigma along the style[5] (called diplostigmaty[6][7]) and the shape of the testa cells of the seeds.[1]
The name honors Albertus Seba (1665–1736), a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector.[8]
Species include (non exhaustiv list):
Sebaea is a genus of annual plants in the family Gentianaceae. Species occur in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. The genus was paraphyletic and has been split in four genera: Exochaenium, Klackenbergia, Lagenias and Sebaea s.str.. Synapomorphies for Sebaea s.str. include the presence of extra stigma along the style (called diplostigmaty) and the shape of the testa cells of the seeds.
The name honors Albertus Seba (1665–1736), a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector.
Species include (non exhaustiv list):
Sebaea albens (L. f.) Roem. & Schult. Sebaea albidiflora F.Muell. - white sebaea Sebaea ambigua Cham. Sebaea amicorum I.M. Oliv. & Beyers Sebaea aurea (L. f.) Roem. & Schult. Sebaea bojeri Griseb. Sebaea brachyphylla Griseb. Sebaea capitata Cham. & Schlechtdl. var. capitata Cham. & Schlechtdl. var. sclerosepala (Schinz) Marais Sebaea chironioides Gilg Sebaea elongata E. Mey. Sebaea erosa Schinz Sebaea exacoides (L.) Schinz Sebaea exigua (Oliv.) Schinz Sebaea filiformis Schinz Sebaea fourcadei Marais Sebaea grisebachiana Schinz Sebaea hymenosepala Gilg Sebaea junodii Schinz Sebaea laxa N.E.Br. Sebaea leiostyla Gilg Sebaea longicaulis Schinz Sebaea macrophylla Gilg Sebaea marlothii Gilg Sebaea membranaceae Hill Sebaea microphylla (Edgew.) Knobl. Sebaea micrantha (Cham. & Schlechtdel.) Schinz var. micrantha (Cham. & Schlechtdel.) Schinz var. intermedia (Cham. & Schlechtdel.) Marais Sebaea minutiflora Schinz Sebaea minutissima Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Sebaea natalensis Schinz Sebaea ovata (Labill.) R. Br. - yellow sebaea, yellow centaury Sebaea pentendra E. Mey. var. burchellii (Gilg) Marais var. pentendra E. Mey. Sebaea pleurostigmatosa Hilliard & B.L. Burtt Sebaea procumbens A.W. Hill Sebaea radiata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Sebaea ramosissima Gilg Sebaea rara W. Dod Sebaea rehmannii Schinz Sebaea repens Schinz Sebaea scabra Schinz Sebaea schlechteri Schinz Sebaea sedoides Gilg var. confertiflora (Schinz) Marais var. sedoides Gilg var. schoenlandii (Schinz) Marais Sebaea solaris Kissling Sebaea spathulata Steud. Sebaea stricta (E. Mey.) Gilg Sebaea sulphurea Cham. & Schlechtdl. Sebaea thomasii Schinz Sebaea zeyheri Schinz var. acutiloba (Schinz) Marais var. cleistantha (R.A. Dyer) Marais var. zeyheri Schinz
